FC Dallas vs Columbus Crew — Major League Soccer: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 18′Columbus Crew, goal:0–1assist
- 31′FC Dallas, yellow card:
- Half-time0 – 1
- 46′FC Dallas, substitution:off
- 46′FC Dallas, substitution:off
- 58′Columbus Crew, substitution:off
- 60′FC Dallas, goal disallowed:Goal Disallowed
- 65′FC Dallas, substitution:off
- 65′FC Dallas, substitution:off
- 70′Columbus Crew, goal:0–2
- 76′FC Dallas, substitution:off
- 79′Columbus Crew, substitution:off
- 79′Columbus Crew, substitution:off
- 83′FC Dallas, yellow card:
- 87′FC Dallas, yellow card:
- 90′Columbus Crew, substitution:off
- 90+6′Columbus Crew, yellow card:
- Full-time0 – 2
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Match report
Columbus Crew beat FC Dallas 2-0 to climb out of bottom three
Columbus Crew won 2-0 away at FC Dallas on Major League Soccer's Matchday 32, a result that lifted them from 21st to 18th in the table. Dallas, who started the night fifth, stayed there but lost ground on their own tally of 54 points, with Crew now on 41.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The visitors took the lead in the 18th minute, when Gonzalo Tapia scored from an Anass Zaroury assist, and they led 1-0 at the interval. Dallas pressed for an equaliser after the restart, but the second goal arrived in the 70th minute through Santiago Rodríguez and settled the contest.
Dallas had the greater share of the game, with 16 shots to 9 and 8 corners to 3, and they held 52 per cent of possession. Only five of those efforts were on target, though, and they never found a way past Patrick Schulte. The hosts also committed 17 fouls to Columbus's 8 and collected four yellow cards to one.
Oddsivio's pre-match forecast had given Columbus Crew a 25% chance of winning. Both sides are in action again on Saturday: Dallas travel to Sporting Kansas City, while Columbus host DC United.
Santiago Rodríguez scored the second goal in the 70th minute and earned the match's highest rating, 8.55. Patrick Schulte, in goal for Columbus, followed on 7.72.
Dallas won the shot count 16 to 9 but sent only five of those efforts on target.
Columbus Crew won 2–0 away against FC Dallas (half-time 0–1).
FC Dallas met Columbus Crew in the Major League Soccer (Regular Season - 32). Kick-off was Thursday, 29 October 2026, 00:30 UTC at Toyota Stadium. Referee: Sergii Demianchuk. Attendance: 10,925.
Team pages: FC Dallas · Columbus Crew · Major League Soccer
Key moments
- 18' Goal: Gonzalo Tapia (assist: Anass Zaroury) — 0–1 · Watch Gonzalo Tapia's goal video (18')
- 70' Goal: Santiago Rodríguez — 0–2 · Watch Santiago Rodríguez's goal video (70')
Starting line-ups
FC Dallas (3-4-3)
Columbus Crew (3-4-3)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave FC Dallas 49%, the draw 26%, Columbus Crew 25%. It finished FC Dallas 0–2 Columbus Crew.
Strong home advantage gives FC Dallas the edge — With almost nothing between the sides on our strength rating, it is the strong home advantage in Major League Soccer that puts FC Dallas in front at 49%, though Columbus Crew's control of the ball pulls a little the other way. The draw starts near the usual 27% for evenly matched sides and dips to 26%, mainly because Columbus Crew's hot finishing streak tends to cool.
Why FC Dallas in front?
Home ground, mostly. Almost nothing between them on our strength rating — 1569 to 1531. Sides this close won 46.0% of 14,542 home games (draw 27.4%, visitors 26.6%). Major League Soccer home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (25.7% vs 30.0%). Major League Soccer homes won 49.1% of 5,268 games vs 44.6% across all 108,079 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly. Columbus Crew scored +0.42 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Visitors running this hot went on to win 27.5% of 1,642 games, vs 27.8% for visitors finishing normally.
Why only 49%?
Because on our strength rating there is nothing in it. Columbus Crew hold 6 more possession points (51 to 45 in recent games) — and between equals, control has been worth something. Between evenly-matched sides, when the visitors held this control edge the home team's win rate fell to 39.8% across 5,934 games, from 44.0% when styles were level.
Why the draw at 26%?
Between sides this level the draw starts at 27.4%. These teams' recent games average 3.1 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.8% of 27,217. The cool-off factor takes 2.2 points off the draw. The control factor adds 1.4 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Columbus Crew won 2 of the last 6 meetings with FC Dallas. The record is 2 wins for Columbus Crew, 4 draws and 0 wins for FC Dallas. These were 6 Major League Soccer games played between 3 April 2016 and 24 September 2023. Columbus Crew are unbeaten in the last 6 meetings between the sides (2 wins, 4 draws), a run going back to April 2016. Latest meeting: 24 September 2023 — FC Dallas 1–1 Columbus Crew. In 6,087 historical matches between similarly rated teams, visiting sides with the stronger head-to-head record won 28.2%.
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About this match
On this page: the FC Dallas vs Columbus Crew final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Major League Soccer fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Gonzalo Tapia's goal against FC Dallas (18').
- Watch Santiago Rodríguez's goal against FC Dallas (70').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from FC Dallas 0–2 Columbus Crew. Explore more on the FC Dallas and Columbus Crew team pages or the Major League Soccer page.